Railroad-tie.



S. BERGER.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED mums. 1914 098 537? Patented June 2, 19141.

tilt BLDtTtlllllii'Ci GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

tpcciilcaticn of Letters Patent.

Application filled litcrcli it, 153M. ficriel No. 8%,080.

lt aitented Join or?! 191 d .i

To all wliom it only concern lie it known that l l iAiilUltlL Blend-iii, a citizen of tile llnited fii'zitee, residing; ill, Blooming Glen, in the county oilliiicks znid c tiite'ot Pennsylvania, have invented oer tziin. new and useful improvements in ltaili-oed lies, oil which the following is a speci' ficetion,

lily invention relates to inn t-Moments in railroad ties and zioore pi'iiticnlei'ly to in improved construction. oi elastic support for mile which compi'iees 1i particulate construction of tie end pivoted linlis icinnittiiig the mile to move upon their elastic cushion, yet preventing any poesibility oileterol displacement which is: commonly known as spreading; of the mile.

A furtliee object is to provide on improved construction of rail which will be comparw tivcly simple in construction, cheap to menufactiiire, and strong and dumblc in use.

"i i ith these and other objects in view, the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and coml'iinzitio is and; iti'i'angements of parts as will be more telly hereinoften described end pointed out in tbeeleiins.

lln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is: a plan View illustrating a number oi: my improved tics in opei'etive position. l lgg. 2 iii :1 view in section on on enlzirgiged smile on the line FE -2 of Fig. 1. ii is {L trogiiicntiii'y view in section on the line 8-3 of big. 1. l ies t is a view in tviinsvci'se section on the line t -4t oi l lo. ii and 53 is it perspective View of one Ol'tliE-i linlce showing it portion broken away.

'1 repteeents my in'ipi'ovcd tic which supports :it its ends, mile 52, 2, and while I have illustrated the mils of inverted l'elmpc in cross section, it is to be iimlerstood that the invention is not limited to any particular slmpe of nail as i may employ any mil bevlllpf iiee dances to be opemtivcly engaged by tlle pivoted links 3?) no will hereinafter exp] aincd The tie 1, it botii ends, is lQtJtESSWfl in its upper tiacc shown at 4, and tlic i'cceseed code of the tie are provided witli pockets 5 in which coiled springs 6 eve located and bear against (be been "2' of the l'itll The inner Walls of the i-ccossce t at both ends of the tie :ive formed with outwardly projecting lugs 5% which are positioned over the inner base tli'iogc oftlie rail and limit the vertical n'iovvnicnt oi the rail.

(in opposite ides of tbe tie ill) both cnde, l

provide the pivoted links 3. These links 3 are secured to the tie by means of bolts 9 which. are projected through i'c cietci'ing openings in the tie, and in the lie is at e point near the inner end of each link, so that the outer: ends of the links itlfi free to swing vertically.

Each link on its upper face at its outer end is provided with an inwardly projecting log 10 which projects over the outer loose flange of the rail, and a removable block ll is secured to each link 3 by means of a pin 12, and overlies the inner bese flange of the rail, so that the link is firmly connected to the rail and holds the letter against movement, except such as is provided by the-pivotal connection of the link with the tie.

The bolts 9 are secured against longitudiml movement by nuts 13, end when these nu s are removecb tbcbolts may be removed and the links discoimected from the tie. The links may be disconnected from the rail by removing pin 12 so as to disconnect block 11, and hence by reason of this; construction the parts may be readily assembled and taken apart as desired.

In operation, the rails are cushioned by 111821118 oi? the springs 6, and me permitted a certain ELlIlOllflt of Vfl'liifll movement limited by the lugs 53 and the lower Walls of the recesses at. Littoral or s'ptending movcn'icnt oi? the mils is prevented by the links 3 and hence the mile can be elastically sup ported Without danger of lateral movement.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of ports described Without departing from my invention, and hence it do not limit myself to the precise details set forth. but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.:

l-l'evinp; thus described my invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A railroad tie having elastic mil supports at its ends, and links pivotelly connected to the tie and adapted at their free ends to be secured to the rails, substantially as described.

2. A railroad tie having recessed ends springs seemed in the recessed ends and :1 lzipted to receive rails thereon links at the sides of tb tic pivotally connected at their iimer ends to the tie, semi at their ester ends adapted to engage rails, substs-ntlally as described.

3. A i'ailmad tie havirig recessed ends essee? tie at bath ends. bolts thl'ou 'h the tie anti through the inner ends 0f the links, the outer ends of said links having means fer engagement with the base of the rails, sai'i 2s means cemprising an integral lug averlapping the {3 3% base flange of the rail, am? an inner remsvabie block engaging the inner sage 0f the tail, substantially as 13siwo subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL BERGER. JVitnsssss HENRI T. EVILLIA Ms, Cxmsms R. ALTBQUSE. 

